The primary function of Filipino folk narratives is to explain natural phenomena.

• A. To entertain
• B. To explain natural phenomena
• C. To preserve laws
• D. To teach mathematics

Answer: (B)

Filipino folk narratives primarily serve to explain natural phenomena. These tales act as etiologies, offering stories that tell why the world looks and behaves the way it does—how mountains came to be, why the sea is the color it is, or why certain events in nature happen. This explanatory purpose is a defining feature of myths and legends handed down through communities, giving people a way to make sense of their environment before scientific explanations existed. At the same time, these narratives often carry cultural values and lessons, and they can be entertaining, but their enduring function is to account for origins and natural occurrences. The other possibilities—entertainment, preserving laws, or teaching mathematics—may appear in some stories, but they are not the central aim of traditional Filipino folk narratives.